Implementation

In every country of service, we begin by working with national government leaders to sensitize them to the importance of quality childcare. We make an agreement that Whole Child will provide services in exchange for regulatory support for the implementation of our basic best practices. After an agreement has been reached we begin implementation of our four pronged approach to improving the quality of childcare nationally. 

Implementation of our program into a few chosen high need sites. This allows for us to address the needs of the children most in need as well as provide a place we can use as a demonstration site and a hands on training ground for apprentice trainers and local academics.

Creation of local capacity. By hiring local staff and aggressively transferring knowledge and skills from our experts from day one we can expedite the process of  in each country of creating a corp of local staff skilled at implementation. 

Creation of local academic expertise. Engaging with local academic institutions early on is central to our work. Our 30 session early childhood course which was specifically developed for the developing world context, is central to this process.  Working with two of our American university partners, Loyola Marymount Univeristy, and University of California Davis, we engage with local academics who have the opportunity to not only receive in classroom training, but also to be a part of the implementation of our program.

Regulatory support. Critical to our work being sustainable, is the support of the government in terms of our basic principals being reflected in framework that regulates childcare in each country. 

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